Biggar

Worth seeing in and around Biggar

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Biggar Castle

   Biggar Castle was a 12th-century castle in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It appears to have been abandoned by the 14th century.

   200 m · castle in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Boghall Castle

   Boghall Castle was a 14th-century castle to the south of Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Boghall became ruinous in the 19th century.

   700 m · castle in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Biggar

Airports

Edinburgh (EDI), 38 km · Glasgow (GLA), 63 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 68 km

Stations

Biggar railway station, 400 m

• Glasgow → Biggar

  53 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · £6–8
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• Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Biggar

  70 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £8–11
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• Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Biggar

  141 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · £18–24
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No local-transport research exists yet for Biggar

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Biggar. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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